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DEAD BODY FOUND It Was Floating In Brunswick Illver and TV as Discovered Where It Had Lodged Agalnvt tbe Brfdce Identl fieda31r.E. 8. Pednetn, Drowned March 5th At 6 o'clock ur. C'aj morning the . body of an unknown wh'.ie man was discovered uy juhu iaancu, wiv.i-u, at the bridge over Brunswick river, two miles from the city beyond Market street ferry. It was lged agains: the timbers of the briUge and was in such a state of decomposition that it was not recognizable. From his straight black hair, however, it was known that the body was tbat of a white man. Mal lett works for Mr. E W. Sawyer whom he notified of his discovery. The man's body was towed ashore and interred on the banks of Bruns wick river until some information could be had as to his identity. lie bad on no coat and vest and only wore sl sweater and pants over his under clothes and a pair of shoes. In his pockets were found $36 In money and a watch with the hands stopped at 9:05 o'clock. Mr. Sawyer being aware that Mr. E. S. Pedneau. an employe of the Cape Fear Lumber Company, was drowned some time ago up the Cape Fear river and that his body had never been re covered, telephoned the facts as to the finding of the body to Mr. J. A. At Tingdale, general manager of the com pany. Mr. Arringdale went up to the company's logging camp in Bladen vuuui; auu tutu mi. ai v. x cuucttu ui the circumstances rnd he came down to the city yesterday and went over to see the body. He could1 not identify the body as that of his brother, owing to its advanced state of decomposition, but he identified It by his watch and clothing, the pants corresponding ,to the coat and vest which he wore when he was last in Wilmington and which were left on board the steamer Hurt the night Mr. Pedneau was drowned1. The deceased was a man of 30 years of age and was not married. He was from Jarrett, Va., and came to Wilmiing ton only a few days before he was drowned, having been employed by the Cape Fear Lumber Company to run the locomotive on the railway which is run in connection witbi their logging camp some thirty miles from the city. He left heTe on the night of March 5th on the steamer Hurt to go to the log ging camp and on the way up the river about 20 miles above Wilmington he is supposed to have fallen overboard and been drowned. His coat and vest were found on the steamer after he dis appeared. A number of papers by which he might have been identified were left in his coat pockets. Tbe. deceased was a (machinist by trade, and during the war with Spain served on board the United States cruiser Nashville on the coast of Cuba. The drowned man was a Mason' and was a member of Widow's Son Lodge, Boyton, Va. (Mr. A. A. Pedneau, ac companied by Mr. James W. Monroe, past master of Wilmington Lodge No. 319, A. F. & A. M., who is always first in good works, went over to Bruns wick bridge last night with Mr. J. B. cooper, oi 'ivir. jamts jr. vwiiuo un dertaking establishment, and had the body exhumed and prepared for burial. They were kindly assisted by Mr. E. H. Gray, who clerks for Mr. Sawyer. The funeral will take place at 5 oclock this afternoon at the lodge in Oakdale cemetery and will be conducted by the Rev. A. D. McClure, pastor of St. An drew's Presbyterian church. The bu rial will be under the auspices of Wil mington Lodge and all Masons are in vited, to attend the funeral of their de ceased brother Mason. Mr. A. A. Pedneau, the brother of the deceased, who is now here, is em ployed by the Cape Fear Lumber Com pany as a locomotive engineer at the logging camp. Another brother, Mr. R L. Pedneau, of Jarretts, Va., was telegraphed for and he is expected here this morning to atend the funeral. The members of Wilmington, Lodge are summoned to assemble at St. John's Hall at 4 o'clock to attend: the funeral. Carriages will be at St. John's Lodge to convey persons who desire to go to the cemetery. Use Only the Best Bagging Mr. W. L. Bowers, of Georgia, -given his experience. 'As to my experiencve with the 24x54 standard press box, will say that it has given entire satisfaction. There does not seem to .be any more strain change was made. I anake bales rang ing all the way from 450" to 550 pounds; and the packages were 6o much neat er than the large, ugly shaped bale. "I wish I had command' of language to express my views on the question of a uniform bale, If so I believe I could interest all who handle cotton, from the ploughman; to the factory. I cam very well see that if a uniform bale bale is mot adopted in the near future, some !body who has not been dancing is go ing to pay the fiddler. In short, if all rwill make their boxes to the 24x54 standard, use only the best bagging, put on six bands, use etrong twine and make their packages appear 4a good c-h-nnp. far -market, it would be a matter of great interest and profit to all con cerned in tbe handling of cotton. I . am simply a farmer and ginner." Messrs. J. S tough & Sou, of Alabama, fM-nfra the round bale wants to monop olize the cotton industry. 'We like the 24x54 all right Can pads Just as heavy bales as we could before we changed. I hope that evry ginner will adopt the 24x54 because it makes a neater bale, and especitlly if It takes this to keep down this round bale monopoly, it seem xo me inai any man with ordinary sense would let the round' bale press alone. If this concern: does not wlant to monopolize the . cotois industry, why do they not sell their press straight? There is some thing wron'g behind it "HoDe you will he able to get every ginner that has not yet changed' to change his press box." ' Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga, says he suffered with itching piles twenty years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, two boxes of which completely cured ' him. Beware of worthless and dangerous counterfeits. K. R. Bellamy. . - : u J 2$ RESCUED BY MFE SAVERS The Sloop Yateht June Wrecked at Oregon Inlet Last Friday Thrilling Adventure I the Crew The sloop yacht "June," bound from New York for Charleston, was wrecked at Oregon Inlet, on the North Carolina coast last Friday. Capt. W. O. Bur gess and hia crew of two men were res cued by the life saving crew, and they came on to Wilmington on their way to Charleston where they were taking the yacht. She was bought in New York by a Charleston party and was to have "been fitted up as a fishing1 boat. Cat. Burgess yesterday gave The Messenger the following account of his thrilling experience: "For nearly three days we had been trying tonake Oregon Inlet, beating on and off, with the wind dead ahead, los ing with one tide what little we gained with the next. Our hopes were, after entering the inlet, one mile and a quar ter south of Bodle light, to find water enough, by feeling our way with the lead, to cross the Four Foot Swash into Pamlico sound, which would enable us to pass inside of Cape Hatteras and also while in smooth -water to make one or two unimportant repairs. "On Friday, August 11th, the wind hauled a little in our favor. By mak ing one short and one long tack, we gained perceptibly. As soon as abreast of the inlet the yacht was headed in, with the wind on her port quarter. steering about W. N. W., half W. There were three of us altogether. Henry. who was standing forward 'conning the wheel, or directing the course, was act ing as skipper. His brother, who was steering, and I, standing by the main sheet. At half past four, as nearly as we could Judge, the breakers were all around us. In a moment a violent shock, just as a big sea boarded us, In dicated that she had struck the bar. Immediately the peak halliards were let go by the run and a minute later. all sail was taken in; but the little craft had already fallen, ' decks to the sea. Nothing could be done. The swinging of the main boom knocked Henry over board, where he remained clinging to the rail. The helm, owing to the shock, had given a jump; driving a spoke of the win eel down onto William D s leg, injuring though not breaking it. "As the little vessel was" working in toward calmer water, hopes were enter tained that she might get across oe fore going to pieces. To give her all the chance possible, I too, jumped over the side, joining Henry. But soon hope was out of the question. Just how long before the life saving crew came to our assistance would he hard to estimate. But when they did come, which was not long, they did splendid work, to a man. One after another plunged Into the wa ter to our rescue. "On being assured that nothing could be done for the boat, their aid was ac cepted. What loose clothing lay close to hand, was hastily packed up and transferred to the life boat, closely fol lowed by ourselves. "That evening at about 8 o'clock I walked down to the beach with one of the men 'belonging to the life saving station, tout nothing whatever was to be seen of the pretty little fabric, which had brought us from New York. Early the next morning wreckage along the beach told the tale." THOUSANDS GONE Wilmington's Colored Population Scattered All Over the North A Col ored Traveller Itteet Them In a Dozcu Mate David Bryant, a well known and trustworthy colored man of this city, for the past twenty-five years has taken a summer trip to several states in the north. On Sunday last he re turned from a tour through a dozen states, having even gone Into Canada, and he tells us that everywhere he went familiar faces came up and greet ed him. They were colored people who had left Wilmington since the race trou ble last November, and he says he was brought to realize that they had left here by the thousands. He states that the places where he saw most of Wilmington's colored pop ulation were Norfolk, Washington, Bal timore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. He says his observations are that they had better staid in Wil mington, as the older people especially and the uneducated in particular can not compete with the working classes in the north. They are ignorant of the customs of the people of the north, and .they find themselves surrounded by cir cumstances so widely different from those they have been accustomed to in the south, that they cannot come up to the requirements. The young, active and educated only stand much of a showing. The Soldier Boys at Caswell (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Font Caswell, N. C, August 21. Private Hurley, who has beehi In con- Unement at Fort Henry, MarylandThas been sentenced to sx months at hard labor at Governor's Island, N. Y., by general court -mar tal. Corporal Foster is all smiles tonlight He has received a letter from a friend stating that the congresman from his (Foster's) state, 'Maryland, will 6ecure his discharge by favor in a few days. Privates Banfleld) and Roland have taken French leave. We expect to hear hear from them again however. The boys are hauling in the fish by the baskets full. They have just re ceived their new seine. Naming the Price of Cotton (Raleigh News and Observer.) Mr. AL B. Williams, one of the first business men of the Cape Fear section, has an- article in the Fayetteville Ob server urging cotton ginners to make a uniform hale of cotton 24x54 inches. He adds: . i"The round bale people are doing their utmost to establish the round) bale, and If successful in. their efforts, the cotton farmer will' .be completely, in? their hands. The certainty of a royalty to them of SI per bale and the naming of the price to be paid! for cot ton are what they are aiming at" That is it exactly. John E. Searlea would! never had left the sugar trust and taken; hold of the round hale if be did not expect to cola millions by corn ering the market. The southern farm ers are not averse to improvement in baling cotton. They would welcome all improvements, but they will not put their neck in? the halter of the round balie trust. The soothing and healing properties of Chamberlain's Cough , Remedy, ita pleasant taste and prompt and perma nent cures, have made it a great favor Its with the people everywhere. For sale by R. R. Bellamy. xnrs coast u.e Humored That Road H ill Soon Ran Re twee a Florence and Atlanta There is a report in circulation here among the railroad people which is also confirmed herein, and which goes to show that within the next forty-five days the Atlantic Coast Line will have through trains running between the Gate City of South Carolina and the Gate City of Georgia, Florence-Atlanta, says a special to The News and Cour ier, from Florence, S. C. The Atlantic Coast Line's 'new road running from Itenmark, the present terminus of the Manchester and Augusta division, to Robbins, on the Charleston and West ern Carolina railroad, will be completed next week and the connection made with the Charleston and Western Car olina. Several work trains and hun dreds of laborers are now at work bal lasting up the road in crder that the new link in the Coast Line's system may be inspected by the railroad com mission within the next two weeks, and regular trains put on in order that the road bed may become packed and the track ready ,for fast mail and passen ger train service. The entire roadway from Florence to Augusta will be strictly first class. The road is laid the entire distance with 70-pound steel rails, and will ac- commodate all the "flyers" that the Coast Line people may desire to put on. The new connection from Augusta is made possible by the recent purchase of a half Interest in the Georgia rail road leading out of Augusta, a stated In the press dispatches several days ago. Augusta Chronicle. Til t SEA DO A it IJ'S IS F.W KOADFROn CHARLESTON '! AUGUSTA. The Conttructiou of It Can Scarcely Begin Refore Next Year The Seaboard Air Line's corps of en gineers, under Captain R. M. Balling, have not taken to the road because the corps has r-,t been thoroughly organ ized as yet. Fiv of the party have ar rived in the city and the others are expected today. The wagons and camp ing outfit of the corps are coming by dirt road from Augusta, and It is not expected that they will arrive here be fore Thursday. It will therefore be about Monday before the survey is taken up in earnest. In the meantime the engineers are making daily excur sions about the outskirts of the city, looking out for the best places to enter the city. ' Yesterday The News and Courier's dispatches from Columbia 'contained the following in an interview with Col onel "Bunch" McBee: "Superinttndent McBee, of the Sea board Air Line, who is in the city, was asked today what there was in the re port that the contracts for the Charleston-Augusta line would be awarded this year. He said that the Seaboard was not going to make any contracts until it had made all cf its arrange ments as to terminal facilities, and so far as he knew, and he thought he knew a thing or two, no such arrange ments have yet been made. The Charleston line, he said, would come in due time, and there was no occasion for impatience about it." This just dovetails with the story that a reporter for The News and Courier heard from one of the engin eers. The reporter told the engineer that he heard the contract for the Charleston-Augusta branch would be given out immediately, but the engineer shook his head. He stated that It would take the corps four months yet to present a report on which building contracts could be given. This would put the letting out of the contracts into 1900. On account of the "lay of the land" it is though by the engineers that the road can be built very quickly when once started. News and Courier. Hold to the Maudard Rectangular Rale Mr. J. F. Cone, of Alabama, advises holding to the standard square bale. "My experience with the 24x54 press box has beeni satisfactory, quite as much so as the larger one formerly used, and so far as I have discovered it was no more difficult to pack a 500 pound bale in the 24x54 box thani in the old one. Possibly the round bale may be cu good thing, and to some it may prove profitable,, but as yet I fail to see that the average farmer will be ben efitted. The adoption) of the round bale will greatly reduce the number of plantation ginners', thus increasing the difference between, the cotton field and the ginnery, requiring mere expense for hauling, and upon the whole I am in doubt if the advantages which is claimed for the round bale would ever reach the producer, or any one else, ex cept those directly concerned, corse- quentiy I think we had better hold on to the 24x54 rectangular bale." AWAKE TO THEIR BUSINESS. Mr. F. E. Lamgley, of Alabama, says it is to ginners interest to change boxes from 24x54. "I readily, agree with the compress mem as to the importance cf the cotton raisers having their cotton baled on the standard size, 24x54 inch press. If all ginners that are doing any business at all would consider the importance of this movement, they would not hesi tate to make the change in their presses at once, instead of waiting to follow after others. This is to the ginners interest and he should take in the situ ation, himself, not wait for his conv petitors to lead him. I hear ginners say that they have just as much right to keep their old size box as others have to change, but these men are not standard' business men, and are not benefitted by improvement until led by men who are awake to their business." During the civil war, as well as In our late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of the most troublesome diseases the army had to contend with. In many instances it became chronic and the old soldiers still suffer from it Mr. David Taylor, of "Wind Ridge, Greene County, Pa., is one of these. He uses Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and says he never found any thing that would give him such quick relief. It is for sale by R. R. Bellamy. . Xne Steamer Oneida. In DlatreM Galilee, N. J., August 23. The Clyde Line steamer Oneida from Wilmington, N. C, for New York, broke her pro peller shaft and is anchored fifteen miles south of Absecom. A life saving crew from Absecom light has gone to her. t . . mm are subject to I i subject to peculiar ill. Tbe ribt remedy for ba&ies' ills especially rcrms and stomach disorders la Frov's Vermlf uge i cured children for SO year. Bend for Ilia, book about the Ills and the remedy, om vki sac L18. FEET, Baitheer. FROM Till? SEW F WAR A Sfemberot Rattery C Write that tbe War i Over lb the Pb Hi puttie- firat Io Among Our Soldier Battery C, Sixth artillery, which was sent last year from Fort Caswell to Porto Rico, is now in Manila, in the Philippines. Our townsman, Mr. J. T. Burke, on yesterday showed us a let ter which he received from Corporal George D. Meese. who is with the bat tery. It is under date of July 1st, and in it Corporal Messe says: "We are doing police duty here in Manila, and have very little of the excitement that is going on around us. "A great many of our boys are being planted here a great many more than you people know of. "I think there is a great future be fore this country. American push and energy are bound to succeed here. I think the worst of the war is over, but, like Cuba, there will be work here for some time to come." A JUother 1V11 How ht avei Her Lifttle Daughter's Lite I am the mother of eight children and have had a great deal of experience with medicines. Last summer my lit tle daughter had the dysentery in Its worst form. We thought she would die. I trie-f. everything I could think of, but nothing seemed to do her any good. I saw by an advertisement in our paper that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recom mended and sent and got a bottle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever had in the house. It saved my little daughter's life. I am now anxious for every moth er to know what an excellent medicine it is,. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a great deal of anxiety and my little daughter much suffering Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. Burdick, Liberty, R. I. For sale by R. R. Bel lamy. Wont Go to me SMiIUpptuea The Messenger recentely noted the return of two of the young men who volunteered and went to Camp Mead to be mustered in with the Twenty seventh regiment for ?rvice in the Philippines. Mr. Joseph N. Brittain, an other one of the volunteers, has re turned. In a skirmish drill it was dis covered that his right eye was defec tive, so he was honorably discharged. He did not like it at Camp Meade and says the recruits are largely tough cit izens. The regiment .will leave Fori Meade tomorrow for San Francisco, where they will embark for the Phil ippines. Fire in tbe Couuti y We learn from Mr. Jno. S. Harriss, son of Mr. George Harriss, who was ini the city yesterday, that his residence in the county at Elm Grove, four wiles from the city on the Newberni road, was totally destroyed! by fire at 3 o'clock. Tuesday morning, together with all of Mr. Harriss' furniture and household! goods. Mr. Harriss states that he does not know how the fira originated and- that when he was awakened by the fire, it had made such progress that he was not able to save any of his effects. His loss is partly insured' with the underwriters' agency of Mr. W. W. Hedges. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and in growing nails, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try It today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. T. Elected Teacher Mrs. Lisette C. Hood has been elect ed teacher of the Louise Mill and) Bel mont Park school. She won the ap pointment over sixteen applicants, one beingf rom Durham. Mrs. Hood, how ever, was well equipped with testimo nials, having among others a diploma from the Maryland College, and certi ficates of first grade from this and other counties. She comes from & family of educators and) literary people, her father being Rev. Dr. Bernheim,of Wilming ton, who organized' the Lutheran church in this city, and who, though 72 years old, is still actively engaged, in the min istry. Mrs. Hood' will move to Bel mont Park with her family, next week. Charlotte Observer. More Detail or tbe wreck on Ocraenke Norfolk, Va., August 23. Further particulars of the storm at Ocracoke island, N. C, are coming in. The Old Dominion Steamship Company sent the steamer Ocracoke from Washington, N C. to the island, and Captain David : Hill, the commander, states that his family, wno resiae mere, Dareiy escap ed .in a small boat to higher ground. Mn George L. Buckman and son, of Washington, who were stopping on the island, were drowned and a colored man" died of fright. The forty-room residence of a Mr. Tuttle was badly damaged, and the Hotel Ponder wrecked. Many smaller houses, and a Norfolk and Southern barge were broken into pieces, and nearly all the stock on the island was killed. The Ocracoke removed all the summer vis itors from the island to Washington. Xne Death Sentence Commoted Richmond, Va., August 23. Governor Tyler has commuted to life imprison ment tbe death sentence of Thomas W. Price, of Prince Edward county, who was to have been hanged September 6th for the murder of Hall. Carter. Price is a very old man, and belongs to a highly respected family of his neighborhood. 1 i i 11 JVV c 2 j WILUIHGTOn BACKETS. Wilmington, N. C August S3. Receipts of cotton today 7 bales. Receipts same day last year 1 bale. This season's receipts to date -S3,. 03 bales. Receipts to same date last year X23.- 149 bales. The Quotations posted at 4 oclock today at the exchange: Cotton steady. Ordinary 8 18 Good ordinary IS-lf Low middling 5 7-1 Middling , 54 Good middling 6V4 Prices same day last year, 5Hc. NAVAL STORES. Spirits turpentine quiet; machine barrels 46ic; country barrels 464 c. Tar firm at 51. So. Crude turpentine firm; hard ; soft J2.70; virgin tt.70. Prices same day last year Spirits turpentine 26Hc and 26c; rosin U.00 ti in ami i c.n Receipts today 147 casks spirits tur- pentine. 400 barrels rosin, S73 barrels tar. 76 barrels crude turpentine. Receipts same day last year 74 , casks spirits turpentine, 630 barrels rosin, 139 barrels tar, 14 barrels crude ' turpentin. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Peanuts North Carolina $1.05 to $1.10 Virginia 65 to 75c. Rice Nothing doing. Corn 52 to 53c. Corn meal 19c. Cow peas 65c to 70c. Nc rh Carolina Bacon Hams, 9c 10c: shoulders 7c to 7c: sides 8c to Chickensl-w; spring 10c to 18c; hens, 22c to 2U: rooEier 15c to 20c. Shingles Per 1.0CK Jve inch, hearts and saps, $1.5C7.I0; inch, $2.50 $3.34. Timber at $5.00 t $8.00 p 00 feet. ifARKm BY TELKGSAPH. FINANCIAL. New York, August 23. Money on call at 2&3 per cent.; last loan at 2 per cent.; prime mercantile paper at 4U5 per cent.; sterling exchange firm with ) actual business in bankers bills at $4.6i2g:4.st tor aemana ana $4.s3tt 4.832 for sixty days; posted rates $4.84 and $4.87; commercial bills at $4.82; silver certificates 6060; bar silvpr at ?i "Mvirjn rtftllnns at 47; government bonds weak; state bonds inactive; railroad bonds strong. COTTON. Liverpool, August 23. (4 p. m.) Spot limited demand, prices l-16d lower. American middling fair 4 l-16d; good middling 3d; middling 3d; low mid dling 3 5-16d; good ordinary 3d; or dinary 2 15-16d. The sales of the day were 4,000 bales, of which 400 were for speculation and export and included 3,500 bales American; receipts 3,000 bales, all American. Futures opened easy and closed steady. AmarUin milliner in mMiin. clause: August 3 31-64d buyers; August and September 3 29-643 30-64d buvers: oey iviiiuvr aiiu uciooer -o-diu sellers; n v, j n nr . ji i. October and November 3 27-64d sellers; November and December 3 26-C4d sell-, ers; December and January 3 25-64(3) 3 26-64d buyers; January and February 3 25-64 3 26-64d buyers; February and March 3 26-64 3 27-64d sellers; March and April 3 27-64d sellers; April and May 3 27-643 28-64d buyers; May and June 3 2S-64d buyers; June and July 3 29-64d sellers. THE NEW YORK MARKET. New York, August 23. Cotton quiet; miaaung o &-itc; net receipts none; gross receipts 186; sales 2S6; stock 143, 408; exports to the continent 97. Total today; Net receipts 4,634; ex ports to the continent 297; stock 366, 727. Consolidated: Net receipts 17,900; ex ports to France 46; to the continent 3,064. Total since September 1st: Net re ceipts 8,370,604; exports to Great Bri tain 3,504,236; to France 796,830; to the continent 2,845,984. Futures closed steady. August 5.86, September 5.87, October 6.05, November 6.08, December 6.13, January 6.19, Feb- ruary 6.22, March 6.25, April 6.28, May 6.32, June ,6.36. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 6 5-16c; middling gulf 6 9-16c; sales 286 bales. GRAIN AND PROVISION. Chicago, August 23. The leading fu tures wera as follows: Open. High. Low. Cloa. Wheal Sept Dec May Corn Sept Dec May ' Oataw- Sept Dec 72 74 77 31 28 29 72 74 77 31 28 29 71 74 77 31 28 29 72 74 77 31 28 29 ... 19 ... 19 20 15 19 19 20 19 $8.32 8.40 9.62 5.20 5.27 5.45 - 5.12 5.17 5.00 Mess pork, per bbl. Sept ?8.22 $8.32 $8.20 Oct 8.32 8.40 8.30 Jan 9.55 9.62 9.55 Lard, per 100 lbs. Sept 5.17 5.22 5.17 Oct 5.25 5.30 5.25 Jan 5.42 5.47 5.42 Short ribs, per 100 Iba. Sept 5.07 -5.15 5.07 Oct 5.12 5.17 5.12 Jan 4.97 5.00 4.97 Cash quotations -were as follows: Flour steady. No. 2 yellow corn, 32c; No. 3 spring wheat, 6772c; N6: 2 red, 7274c; No. 2 corn, 32c; No. 2 oats, 2121c; No. 2 white, 22 23c; No. 3 white, 2223c; mess pork, per bbl., $7.508.35; lard, per 100 lbs., $5.075.20; short ribs sides, loose, $4.955.25; dry salted shoulders, boxed, $5.625.75; short clear sides, boxed. J5.55Q5.60; whiskey, distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1.26. New York, August 23,Flour steadier in tone and a fair inquiry for spring patents at old asking prices. Winter straights $3.353.45. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red 78c. Options opened strong at c advance on higher cables, wet weather in the northwest and local covering. They were sustained later by light offerings and nervousness among the short in terests, but finally eased off, because of disappointing cash trade and closed un settled at c net advance. September closed at 76c; December closed at 79c. Corn Spot steady; No. 2 29c Op tions opened firm at c advance on covering and sold up later on export talk, light offerings and good clear ances; closed firm at c alvance. Au gust closed at 38c; September closed at 37c; December closed at 35c. Oats Spot firm; No.-2 26c Options quiet. Eggs Firm; s.tate and Pennsylvania 1718c; western ungraded 12 15c. Potatoes Quiet; fair to prime $L00 IL25; fancy white $L50L65; southern sweets $L25C?1.50. Cabbage Quiet; Long Island $3.00 4.00 per 100. Cotton Seed Oil Quiet. Petroleum Steady. Rice Dull New York Rosin steady. Turpentine quiet at ' . . Coffee-Options opened steady at un changed prices and improved 5 to 10 points on covering but later turned Ir regular and eased off under disappoint ing foreign market news. Spot buyers' continued to procrastinate, outsiae support was totally lacking; closed steady 5 points higher to 5 points low er; sales 1 250 bags. Including August at $4.25: September at $4.30; Iecember at $4.75; March 5.00. Spot coffee Rio dull and nominal: mild small local mar ket. Kmrar Raw nult and Steady; fair refining 4c; centrifugal. 96 test. HC molasses sugar 3Hc; reflnr-d steady. NAVAL STORES, f Charleston Spirtts turpentine mar : ket firm at 46c; sales 10 casks. Rosin firm at S0S5c; sales 200. , Savannah Nothing doing in turpen tine; receipts 1,810. Rosin firm: re ceipts 4,250: sales 5.S4S. Quote: A U C D S5c. E $1.00, F $1.05. G $1.10. H $1.20, I Sl.2a. K. L.a M I1..0, A $2.10, W U t 2. v w' Govfrunem Crop Iteport ; Washington, August 22. Following is ' the weather bureau weekly summary of the crop conditions: ""While there has been an entire ab sence of rain over a large part of tbe 1 eountrv east of the Rocky mountains. anj drodghty conditions are quite ex pensively reported in New England, "over much of the lower lak region. 0 ! Ohio and lower Missouri valley and west gulf states, very heavy rains have fallen in the Red river of the North val ley, on the Virginia and North Carol 1. na coasts, and over portions of the cen tral gulf states. In the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast districts the week has been too ! cool, with frosts, causing some injury in mountainous sections on the 15th and 16th. The report from Cuba indicates that the week has been generally very dry, and that crops are suffering seriously ' over the greater part of the island, j In the principal corn states, the eea- ! sonable temperature and fjeneral ab sence of rain have been favorable for advancing the maturity of corn, the general condition of which crop is very satisfactory, although late corn now needs rain in portions of the Ohio and Missouri valleys. In Oklahoma and in 1 some parts of Kansas and Nebraska. t 'ine spring wneat narvesi nas been ue- layed in the Dakotas and Minnesota I by heavy rains, which have caused in- jury to siaciicu &rtuu in iue iiauivu state. Harvesting has also been Inter rupted by rains in Washington and Or- jegon. In the last named state wheat 1. 1 I - V. 1- ....tl - a - jn sacits anu in shock, as wt'ii as Bianu- J ing grain, is beginning to sprout, as the result of unusual rains during the past two weeks. In Minnesota, South Dakota and Washington oats in shock have been damaged by excessive moisture, which t has also delayed the comoletion of har ' vest. I ver ne central and eastern portions of the cotton belt the' conditions of cot ton continues practically the same as at the close of the previous week, rust and shedding being prevalent. All re ports ehow that cotton Is opening rap idly, picking being in progress In the extreme northern districts. In eastern North Carolina the crop was damaged by the high winds attending the late hurricane. Drought is proving very damaging to the crop in Oklahoma and j Texas, but theweather conditions have 'been very favorable for picking, and while an average yield is not expected in Texas, the quality of the staple is good. In Ohio tobacco Is suffering from drought, but in other tobacco states the general outlook continues favora ble. Some damage, however, has been caused by the high winds in North Car olina, and moist weather has been un favorable for curing in Maryland. You Try It If Shiloh'B Cough and Consumption Cure, which is sold for the small price of 25 cts., 50 cts. and 51.00, does not cure take the bottle back and we will refund I your money. Sold for over fifty years on this guarantee. Price 25 eta. and 50 cts. For sale by R. R. Bellamy. Chamberlain IlaMKiuger' Meplr London, August 23. The secretary of state for the colonies, Jos. Chamber lain, has received the text of the Trans vaal reply to the proposals of the Brit ish government, and now has them un-. der consideration. The members of the cabinet are within-reach, but until the government has determined on what course to persue Mr. Chamberlain is un-willing to divulge the contents of the message from South Africa. Supplies for l lie Destitute Porto leans --tew lurk, August ine unueu States transport McClellan sailed from Brooklyn today for San Juan, P. R., and Santiago, Cuba, carrying 1,600 tons of clothing, pi visions, medicines and building material for the destitute in Porto Rco. Wood's Seeds, Vegetable Seeds FOR FALL PLANTING. The fall planting of vegetables, to come in during the fall, winter, and early spring, is particularly desirable and profi table, alike to the private and market gardener, and trucker. Wood's New Fall Catalogue gives full information and the experience of truckers who are making thousands of dollars from their plantings of fall crops. Every gardener and trucker should have this Catalogue, which we will mail free upon request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. Wood's FaQ CotalogM also sires fall informa tion about all Pans Setds for fall planting f Cflano Clever, Hairy or Said Vctcfc, arassea and Clovers, Seed Wheat, OaU, Rye, Barley, etc Write for Cstalogoe and priciof any seeds required au 19 t -we sat w 3 w A4dr9 uiicun n. sunn 'CUttpatandbat OOeoeJ CClZETCttL CCUECE CF Vt. OfERSITY Addrtu WUJtlTB XX. CSZ1TXX. Irzliiictu.lf 7